Telescopes and space missions Research update ‘Cosmic shear’ reveals dark matter in new high-resolution map Large-scale map from the Dark Energy Survey pinpoints clumps and filaments Read article: ‘Cosmic shear’ reveals dark matter in new high-resolution map
Telescopes and space missions Research update Dark matter and muons are ruled out as DAMA signal source New simulations show that signal is very difficult to explain by any known model Read article: Dark matter and muons are ruled out as DAMA signal source
Telescopes and space missions Research update Gravitational lensing creates ‘Einstein’s cross’ of distant supernova Four images of a supernova could probe general relativity and rate of cosmic expansion Read article: Gravitational lensing creates ‘Einstein’s cross’ of distant supernova
Telescopes and space missions Research update Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants Results hint at the static nature of the dark-energy field Read article: Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants
Telescopes and space missions Research update Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter? New model could help settle discrepancies between theory and observational solar data Read article: Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Dark matter seen in the Milky Way’s core Astronomers provide the first direct evidence that dark matter abounds in the inner part of our galaxy Read article: Dark matter seen in the Milky Way’s core
Telescopes and space missions Research update Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’ Star formation began 100 million years later than previously thought Read article: Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’
Telescopes and space missions Research update New calculations support dark-matter discovery by DAMA, say physicists Annual signal in detector could be explained by a new interaction Read article: New calculations support dark-matter discovery by DAMA, say physicists
Policy and funding News Indian Neutrino Observatory set for construction Government pledges $236m towards underground lab Read article: Indian Neutrino Observatory set for construction
Transport properties News The world of physics in 2015 Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen Read article: The world of physics in 2015